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In celebration of the 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World Championships being held at Torbay Sailing Club in December, Yachting New Zealand is offering the opportunity for the local kids to come and Have a Go! at Sailing.

Timaru Yacht and Power Boat Club will host the South Island P Class and Starling Championship from 3-4 December in an event which is shaping up to be a ‘must’ for young sailors in these classes. 

A change to the format of the 2017 IRC Nationals at Bay of Islands Sailing Week will make it more appealing than ever for smaller keelboats to take part.

NZL Sailing Team members and Rio Gold medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke featured in TVNZ's Sunday programme on November 21.

Yachting New Zealand announces Jez Fanstone has resigned from his role as High Performance Director, effective Friday November 11.

A team of kiwi sailors will be bound for Australia next week, with some already on the ground training as the final event in the 2016-15 Sailing World Cup in Melbourne beckons.

The 15th edition of the Sir Peter Blake Regatta is less than two weeks away! This largest dinghy regatta in the Southern Hemisphere has a strong tradition of encouraging sailors new to the sport to come to their first major regatta and to have fun, develop confidence and be inspired to continue in the sport of sailing.

Tanner Cup trials for the Northland region were held on 19 and 20 November, with brilliant sailing conditions off hosting venue Onerahi Yacht Club seeing two young sailors earn the right to represent the region in Wellington early next year.

Queen Charlotte Yacht Club sailors Nick Williams and Nick Gardiner were honored with the prestigious WK Sports Team of the Year award at the 2016 Marlborough Sports Awards on November 21.

A fleet of fourteen boats turned out for the North Sails Hartley 16 North Islands at Lake Ngaroto in Te Awamutu. Good breeze on both days saw some extremely close racing and even closer finishes. 

Sixteen sailors took part in this regatta at Evans Bay Yacht & Motorboat Club.  The conditions were a light North to Nor-east winds with lots of blank spots making it a very challenging course for all competitors.

Four Hansa 303s turned out for the Sailability Regatta at Lake Ngaroto in Te Awamutu on 12-13 November. There was plenty of wind over the two-day regatta which is always good at Ngaroto.

A youth training clinic is being offered in the Bay of Islands from 13-16 December and is a great chance to try out youth class boats and spend some extra training time on the water. 

There’s just a few days to go until the 2016 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards evening and we’re thrilled to be recognizing such an outstanding group of sailors, yacht club stalwarts, and emerging stars.

During the month of November the LiteClub has been visiting clubs in the South Island including Upper South Island Yacht Clubs. The Services of LiteClub for clubs is free, including the bulbs replaced with LED bulbs, insulating hot water cylinders and setting up recycling stations. One yacht club had retail value of over $1500 of LED bulbs installed for free.

Yachting New Zealand partners with Melanoma New Zealand to help reduce the rates of skin cancer in the country. Any boaties who are Accuro Healthcare members will get free access to a smartphone app so they can monitor their own skin health, and check for any changes in moles ahead of - and during - the summer boating season.

Northland sailors Blair Tuke and Chris Sharp have been nominated for The Northern Advocate 2016 People's Choice Award. Voting closes at midnight on November 26. 

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) celebrated the success of the New Zealand Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Team by bringing together 23 of the 31 Rio 2016 Paralympians in the presence of New Zealand Prime Minister, the Right Honourable John Key. Just over 130 guests were exclusively invited to the celebration at the Langham Hotel by long-time PNZ partner, Adecco New Zealand this month. 

Club Registrations are now open for Volvo Sailing and Boating Week 2017, so sign up your club now to be involved in this nationwide initiative to promote sailing and boating around New Zealand.

The aim to continue to bring a new generation of young, fit and ultra talented New Zealand sailors to the America’s Cup steps forward with New Zealand Sailing Team members Andy Maloney and Josh Junior joining Emirates Team New Zealand for the 35th America’s Cup campaign.

With just over a month to the start of the Aon Youth Sailing World Championship we are still looking to fill volunteer spots on the water and ashore. This will be an incredible event to be a part of, with 400 competitors from 68 countries battling it out in youth sailing classes in the Hauraki Gulf. 

The winners of the 2016 Rolex World Sailors of the Year were announced at an impressive awards ceremony held at the 18th century Casa Llotja De Mar, in the presence of some 500 guests.

Bucklands Beach Yacht Club Sailing Academy is running a November special for Adult Learn-To-Sail. 

Mahurangi College will be holding a regatta for students between years 7 and 10 at Sandpit Yacht Club in Algies Bay on 28 November.

The Royal New Zealand Navy will be running a series of events which including ship visits, seminars and of the International Naval Review in Auckland Harbour between 17 and 22 November.

Come experience the thrills and spills of high performance sailing. For anyone who's ever wanted to experience sailing one of these R Class rocket ships, now is your chance. Naval Point Yacht Club in Lyttleton is hosting an R Class Skiff Open Day on 20th November with an open invitation for all to join the fun.

As excitement builds towards the Youth World Championships, we go behind the scenes to find out more about this years' NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team. 

Yamaha NZ, the leader in marine outboard technology announced a new partnership with Howick Sailing Club (HSC) to help get more youngsters sailing. 

Yamaha support all levels of New Zealand Sailing from Emirates Team New Zealand to grassroots Sailing Clubs. The help and support offered by Yamaha is essential to the ongoing success of the Howick club, which relies on the generosity of local businesses to allow it to provide Learn to Sail courses to the local community. 

New Plymouth turned on a range of weather conditions for the NZIODA Optimist North Islands and Starling Travellers Series regatta last weekend.

Spaces are still available for the Summer Sailing Camp at Kawau Island hosted by the RNZYS.  Young Sailors between 14 – 20 years of age are invited to join in the fun this December.

Ten sailors or teams have been selected to receive a Yachting New Zealand Performance Award in 2016, recognising outstanding performance and/or exceptional performances in the sport of yachting over the past twelve months. Read about the Performance Award winners.